License-plate holder, tail light, and parking light



May 29, 1923. I 1,457,206 J. BENJAMIN LICENSE PLATE HOLDER, TAIL LIGHT, AND PARKING LIGHT Fi1ed June'30. 1922 ummnun i M ,G EMMA n21] 3; 115

d. Be'nj armt'r BY a? ATI'ORNEY Patented M za'iezs.

U Mrs-D; S M- E .fAcK imiv ahnmpor KE vsjINGTCISU minis pvima m s jei-E Q E m m -1 i A KI GLIGF I i v Application filed Juneau-1922.- s r al-1 nasvrsvsq W invented new and useful Improvements in License-Plate Holders, Tail Lights, and Parking Lights, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to license plate holders for automobiles and has for its object the provision of a novel device which will operate as a combined license plate holder and tail light, the device being so constructed that the license plate is contained within'a glass covered case orbox which will serve to protect the license plate and prevent it from becoming rusty or otherwise damaged by the weather.

An important object is the provision of adevice of this character which is provided with illuminating means inthe nature of an electric bulb held in a socket and passing through a hole in the license plate for illuminating the plate, the plate being covered with glass, and the glass coverbeing provided with a'red area through which light from the bulb will pass for providing ,the conventional red tail light.

Another object is the provision of a parking lamp or light which is connected with a switch mechanism whereby to be automatically energized when the tail light is deenergized. v

An additional object is the provision of a device of this character which will be simple and inexpensive in manufacture, eiiicient and durable in use and a general improvement in the art.

With the above and other objects and advantages in view the invention consistsv in the details of construction to be hereinafter more fully described and claimed and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which:

Figure 1 is a front elevation of the device, Figure 2 is a longitudinal section Figure 3 is a cross section.

Referring more particularly to the drawing's I have shown my device as comprising a rectangular box like casing 10 of a. size to receive the license plate indicated by the letter' A. The upper and lower edges of this box are formed internally near the back with flan cs 11 which operate as guides for holding t e license plate in position while th'exupper and loweredges are providedmt the op'en front oi 'the' casing with flanges 12 and13 which operate as retainingmeans for a 'glass'p'an'e 14 which covers the open front of the box or casing, One end of the" casing is closed by a permanent end wall while the other end is provided with a; I

hinged door 15 [held normally in closed posit on by any suitable catch means indicated at 16. Y

Suitably secured onthe back of the casi ing at the outside thereofis a socket 17 which has the usual terminal-wires 18 leading to any suitable source of current supply. 'The license plate A is formed centrally-with a hole 19 which registers with a'hole in the back wall of the casing, and

passing through these holes is a socket 17 which holds the stem 20 of an incandescent bulb 21, the stem being engaged within the socket 17 in the usual manner.

Secured against the inner side ofthe glass wires 18. The glass 14 is then slid ;intoplace between the flanges 12 and 13 and the v door 15 is closed.

' From the foregoing description and a study of the drawings" it will be apparent that the device will operate not only to hold ing rusty or otherwise damaged by the pane is a disk 22 oftransparent red matethe license plate without other securing means but will also protect it from becomweather while at the same time the light from .the incandescent bulb will illuminate the license plate and also shine through the red disk so as to constitute an light.

preferred embodiment of the invention it is of course to be understood that I reservethe right to make such changes in theform,

claim V 1.- A device V comprisingjan elongated rectangular casing eflicient tail c 10.

While I have shown and described the I of the character describe d' adapted to hold a license plate disposed therein against the back all thereof, a removable glass frontjt'or the ,cas ing fchef-bac k of the casing and the license mate formed With registeringholes, a socigehpassing through said holes, an incandescent lamp withinmthe casing engaged within said socket and a transparent rd'area "on" the glass plate opposite the incandBSCBIlt lamp.

2. A device of the character described comprising an elongatedrectangular casing,a,the top and ,bottom ofihe casing vbeing pirovided .near'its back with spaced flanges and dieing provided near its front with ,.0t he1' spaced flanges, said casing being adapted ma ia a license plate 'eng agedhebYeen the filrst'named flanges and the rear Wall, said flanges and carrying a transparent red disk located opposite Silld blllb.

In testimony whereof I my signature.

JACK J3ENJAMIN- 

